Airworthy PrepCommercial Pilot Helicopter test code
CH.VIII.B.R10Emergency Operations: Powerplant Failure at Altitude in a Single-Engine Helicopter
Commercial Pilot Helicopter test standard, area of operation VIII, task B
Written as ch.viii.b.r10 or CH.VIII.B.R10 on your score report.
The FAA's wording
Helicopter trim.
What it means
CH.VIII.B.R10 is a risk management element in the Emergency Operations area of operation of the Commercial Pilot Helicopter test standard. A risk management element is a hazard the FAA expects you to be able to spot and manage, and the written test can ask questions on it.
- CH
- Commercial Pilot Helicopter ACS
- VIII
- Area of operation VIII: Emergency Operations
- B
- Task B: Powerplant Failure at Altitude in a Single-Engine Helicopter
- R10
- Risk management element 10
Seeing it on your score report
Your Airman Knowledge Test Report lists a code for each area where you missed a question. Seeing CH.VIII.B.R10 there means at least one of your wrong answers was on this element. If you are taking the practical test next, expect the examiner to ask about it. Retaking the written? Start with this code and the others on your report.
Sources: FAA-S-ACS-16, Commercial Pilot for Rotorcraft Category Helicopter Rating ACS (November 2023, effective May 31, 2024); FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix (revised 9/25/26), p. 2.
Can be printed on 2 tests
- Commercial Pilot Helicopter Canadian Conversion (CCH)
- Commercial Pilot Helicopter (CRH)
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